“Gone are the days when I used to take notice of what people say and react to it. It doesn’t bother me one little bit anymore. I am at the stage now where I can’t be considered as a young player anymore. I have got to step up, keep playing well and do what I do best.”

Jones has been used at full-back, central defence and in midfield since signing for the Reds four years ago and he’s been in three different roles in his last three England matches.

It included a match in the Turin friendly against Italy in March as a deep lying midfielder.

“I was no [Andrea] Pirlo or something. I could have told you that before the game!” he says.

“I’m not an out-and-out midfielder who is going to get on the ball and start spraying it about. Centre-back is where I want to be playing, but I was happy to play at right-back (against Ireland).”